The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-03
THE WORK BEGUN.
ACTING FOR PALATKA'S NEEDS.
AN ACTIVE MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF TRADE.
Many Subjects 0iscussed-The Great Assistance OF
Railroads and Newspapers The Matter
OF Schools Mckinne's Bill.


Palatka Board of Trade met at the
( Boards room last night. and the meet
4 ing was very harmonious and enthu-
siastic. In fact. il was a kind of bust
; ness love feast and experience meeting,
&. and the members. 10y their talks and
> votes, showed that they meant business.
! President Griffin called the Board to
order and announced that Mr.. =. L.
Hammond had been appointed Secretary
by the Board of Governors. and Mr.. w.
j. Vinegar Treasurer. Mr.. Hammond
has had considerable experience i'm such
! work. and is in every way well qualified
for the position. He was the unanimous
choice Of the Governors, and accepted
the place at their personal solicitation.
The President also announced that the
membership of the Board had reached Ia
even ninety paid up. active members.
and urged all to try and induce a. many
more as possible to join.
The constitution did not provide for "A
sufficient number of standing commit
tees, and VI. Loeb offered the following
amendment To that instrument. which
was unanimously adopted:
Res0Ired. That the Board of Governors
are hereby authorized to appoint as many
standing and special committees and
have a. many members III each commit
tee as in their judgement the Board of
Trade requires.
| ResOired That the Board of Governors
are hereby authorized to fill any vacancy
arising from resignation, death. or other
wise by appointing IA member of the
Board of Trade To fill such vacancy.
THE STANDING COMMITTEES.
The president then announced the fol
lowing standing committees:
Immigration-Ed. Rumley. Or. Il. &.
Flower. w. p. Couper, w. j. Webb and
| Alex Strausz.
| Manufactures-Cha Underwood. F.
I. Lane. Peter Gardiner. \. j. Kennerly
and J. A. Larnerd.
| Transportation-W. II Parker. J. G.
Vertrees. Benz. Harrison. II. q. Payne
and VI. Haughton.
Trade and Commerce.. r. Eaton.
Robt. Barnes. r. l.. LilientllaI G. p.
| D,-verelIx and c. Constine
Statistics and Market Report-W. q.
Evans. W. G. Hargrove. \. r. Nogle-
back. l.. &. CanOva and 3. L. Ham
| mond.
Public Improvement-S. J. kenaerly,
A. V. Mount. &. j. Joseph. j. II. IIib-
berd and j. \. Larnerl.
Membership-JoSeph Price. &. r. |
Avery. Andrew Shelley. u. j. Grooms |
and Cook Carleton.
Agriculture and HorticuIture-A. J. |
4 4
:. Sauble and VI. G. Goodson.
Legislatures. G.. Chandler. Irving |
Gillis. |. jacobson. John F. Speck and |
w. r. Forward.
Arbitration-H. l.. Hart. h. II. Enos. |
JOS. f. Baldwin. TIenis Petermann and |
w. F. Fuller
Sanitation-Dr. F. II. Strauss. Martin
Griffin, Jr. w. Il. Cross. T. c. Butler
and G. +. SuIzner.
Municipal Taxation-S. j. kenncrIy. |
VI. Loeb. w. w. Mitchell II. j. ireland /
and T.. s. Neck.
Education-Beni. Harrison. Chas. \.
Richardson. j. w. McIaury. q. III. Staf-
ford and X. Kersting.
MKINNIES RAILROAD COMMISSION BILL
sion. and the Senate Bill No. /. providing
for the same. now before the State Leg
islature, was generally discussed. sever
al taking part i'm the debate. Mr.. Loeb
offered the following resolution, which
was adopted:
ResOiUef, BY the Board of Governors
of the Palatka Board of Trade.
lst That We regard the provisions of the
the bill now pending before the Legisla-
ture of Florida providing and creating
Railroad Commission and known a.
Senate Bill No. / a. unnecessarily harsh
upon the railroad companies of the State
and fruitful of much evil if it becomes
"A law IN Its present shape.
ResOired, End That we believe extreme
Legislation against railroads under the
present conditions in Florida not only
unnecessary but unwise and in iudicious.
We believe the railway companies should
have the right to the courts Just any |
anyother persSn or any other interest NAV |
de- under our Constitution and laws. We
believe they should have the right to
control and manage their own property |
as all other persons and corporations are
permitted to do. sub ject only Y to the final
control of such Commission NAV be
established. upon proper complaint be
ing made To them.
ResOired Bird, That the capital in
vested in railroad enterprises i'm this
state constitutes very large and i'm
pOrtant part of the capital of Florida and
while We concede that railroad compa-
nies should be male subject To the reason
able control of a properly constituted
Commission We believe that any radical
or harsh and extreme legislation would
drive them into bankruptcy and thereby
greatly hinder and retard if not COM
pletely destroy the commercial and ma
terial prosperity of Florida
Resolved 4fh. That We appoint --
ID present these. our views. to the Leg
islature Of the State and authorize and
direct him To proceed To Tallahassee for
that purpose.
j. r. Iarnerd asked that a business
man who was neither directly nor indi-
rectly connected with railroads he sent
To present the resolutions. Or. r. c.
Flower said the bill. a. ii now stood.
was simply idiotic. and should it pass
and become law the stream of northern
capital now coming into the State would
be checked, and it was of the greatest
importance to have il modified or else
defeated altogether. man should be
sent to represent the Board who could
present his views properly and forcibly.
and one who would not be awed in the
august presence of the State Legislators.
On motion the selection Of the represent
ative was left i'm the hands of the Board
of Governors.
EXCESSIVE TELEGRAPH RATES
W. j. Vinegar brought up the much
complained Of question Of excessive seie-